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Two years after setting out on the road, it's time for the Backpack Foodie to hang the backpack. Is it the end of the adventure... or the beginning?
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Farewell to Southeast Asia
After five countries in four months, it's time for the Backpack Foodie to leave Southeast Asia. Here...
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Welcome to Our Happy Place
We only meant to pass by for a couple of days; two weeks later, we can't bear the thought of leaving...
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Postcard from the Edge
On this day, September 7th 2009, Helene and I have become world nomads, on the first step of a one-y...
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Paprika is the New Red
I like to say that Scotland's moisture-drenched moss gave me green. Yesterday, Hungary gave me red. ...
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A Taste of the Ciudad
It's crowded, happy, polluted, noisy and filled with food smells. No wonder the Backpack Foodie like...
Heaven at Land’s End
A land of plenty, a bountiful market, friends, golden mangoes and delicious, fresh fish.
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Xalapa, Our Mexican Happy Place
The mountain city of Xalapa, Veracruz, where the smell of coffee fills the air, and it's a challenge to find a bad restaurant.
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I’m a Fantastic Story Weaver!
The Backpack Foodie has won the Fantastic Story Weaver award from Morocco Tours!
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A Taste of the Ciudad
It's crowded, happy, polluted, noisy and filled with food smells. No wonder the Backpack Foodie likes Mexico City so much.
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